NICA (Noosa Integrated Catchment Association) is running a community art competition to raise awareness of our local plants. Mark Rodriquez talks to the project officer Stephanie Haslam.
Runs 5′28″

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After 25 years in Coolum, Mel and Gill Luke’s IGA is about to close. This is because Coles has bought the site for an extraordinary amount of money, way above its market value, and not surprisingly, refused to renew their lease. Mel and Gill own other IGA stores at Noosa, Cooroy, Caloundra, Buderim and Glasshouse, [...]

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Mark Rodriquez talks to a youth worker known as “Purple” who is behind a program called “The Purple Light Brigade” which is pushing for lights to be installed at the Peregian Beach skate park.
Runs 3′11″

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Powerlink has decided to delay its 275,000 volt high voltage transmission line from Woolgoolga to Eewah Vale for another 5 years, as the result of the recently announced liquefied natural gas projects in the Surat Basin reducing the need for the upgrade. Spokesperson for PAGE (people Advocating Green Energy), Jack Connelly talks with Mark Rodriquez.
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Approximately 20,000 greyhounds are bred in Australia every year and less than half that number actually make it to the track. The remainder that actually do, are also destroyed when they are no longer able to race; usually by the age of 3 or 4. But greyhounds really do make great pets. Katrina Koutsellis [...]

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Two and a half year old Charli Ozoux (pronounced O-zoo) has been diagnosed with a rare childhood cancer called Atypical Teratoid Rhab-doid Tumor. In the past 2 months little Charli has undergone numerous MRI’s, lumber punctures, brain surgery to remove ½ the tumor, and most recently a central line inserted for chemotherapy. The tumor that [...]

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AV Jennings developers have launched a sculpture competition for the design of a piece to take pride of place at the entrance to the Elysium Noosa complex. So if you have a flair for design, why not have a go? Those websites are Elysium Noosa or Sculptors Qld You have until July 30 to get [...]

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Recently Tourism Noosa chair Geoff Rickard, along with the chairs of the of the southern, central and hinterland tourism advisory panels advised Sunshine Coast Council they had no confidence in Sunshine Coast Destination Ltd. to adhere to an agreed transition strategy in the wake of amalgamation. Council then withheld the distribution of tourism levy funds [...]

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Mark Rodriquez talks here to Ian Mackay, from the Conondale Range Committee about the conditions the Sunshine Coast Council has imposed on mining company “Integra” regarding the approval of their sand mining proposal in the Mary Valley.
Runs 6′07″

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As part of its commitment to the Jobs for the Coast campaign, Sunshine Coast Council recently announced it had established a new Economic Development Advisory Board which will consolidate its Economic Development Branch with its small business support agency, Sunshine Coast Enterprises (SCE). Mark Rodriquez talks to its chairman, Greg Livingstone.
Runs 4′35″

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